Petroleum Development Oman Enhances Engineering Information Management with Intergraph® SmartPlant® Solutions

Next-generation engineering data management technology improves productivity and information integrity

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., November 17, 2016 – Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), one of the leading oil and gas companies in the Middle East has implemented Intergraph Smart™ Data Validator and Intergraph® SmartPlant® Enterprise for Owner Operators to improve engineering information management.

The Intergraph Process, Power & Marine solutions were chosen primarily due to their data-centric nature and ability to support Petroleum Development Oman’s business workflows.

Since its first economic oil find in 1962, PDO has specialized in oil producing at the Oman Sultanate and currently accounts for about 70 percent of local oil production and nearly all of Oman’s natural gas supply. By replacing its existing, legacy in-house software with Intergraph solutions, PDO aims to enhance the integrity of engineering information, integration between the different engineering software, and increase the overall engineering data quality.

With Intergraph Smart Data Validator and Intergraph SmartPlant Enterprise for Owner Operators, PDO employees will be able to check data quality, as well as access the same, actionable and up-to-date engineering information.

Commenting on the decision to choose Intergraph Process, Power & Marine to improve information management workflows, Philippa De Glanville, PDO’s E&O Information Manager said, “By choosing Intergraph PP&M solutions we expect to gain ease of use, flexibility of administration and improvedefficiency. We foresee that the data-centric nature of the solution will enhance our overall engineering information integrity and quality.”

Gerhard Sallinger, Intergraph Process, Power & Marine president, commented, “We are witnessing how Intergraph PP&M solutions are becoming the industry standard for the Middle East region – having a key player such as PDO to choose our solution will further help us to strengthen our presence in the region.”

Intergraph SmartPlant Enterprise offers a powerful portfolio of industry-leading, best-in-class design and data management solutions, enabling companies in the process, power and marine industries to capture integrated engineering knowledge at the enterprise level for the competitive advantage needed in today’s and tomorrow’s market.

SmartPlant Enterprise’s integrated suite of solutions enable proven productivity gains, improving engineering efficiency by up to 30 percent. For more information about SmartPlant Enterprise, visit ppm.intergraph.com/products/enterprise-solutions/smartplant-enterprise-oo.

Intergraph Technical User Forum (TUF) LinkedIn groups provide an online discussion forum for year-round networking between users. To learn more about SmartPlant Enterprise for Owner Operators and other Intergraph solutions and network with other Intergraph users, visit ppm.intergraph.com/technical-user-forums.

The ARC Advisory Group, a leading industry analyst firm, ranked Intergraph as the No. 1 overall worldwide provider of engineering solutions for plant design (process, power and marine), according to its “Engineering Design Tools for Plants & Infrastructure Global Market Research Study Market Analysis and Forecast Through 2020.”

About Petroleum Development Oman

Petroleum Development Oman is one of the Middle East's leading oil and gas companies. Petroleum Development Oman is the foremost exploration and production company in the Sultanate. It accounts for about 70 percent% of the country's crude-oil production and nearly all of its natural-gas supply.

To learn more about Petroleum Development Oman, visit www.pdo.co.om.

About Intergraph Process, Power & MarineSoon to be known as Hexagon Process, Power & Marine, Intergraph Process, Power & Marine is the leading global provider of engineering software for the design, construction and operation of plants, ships and offshore facilities. Process, Power & Marine is part of Hexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B; hexagon.com), a leading global provider of information technologies that drive quality and productivity improvements across geospatial and industrial enterprise applications.